Vive Kielce Explained

Clubname:	Industria Kielce
Fullname:	Klub Sportowy Iskra Kielce Spółka Akcyjna
Short Name:	Iskra Kielce
Ground:	Hala Legionów
Capacity:	4,200
Chairman:	Magdalena Szczukiewicz
Manager:	Talant Dujshebaev
Captain:	Alex Dujshebaev
League:	Polish Superliga
Season:	2023–24
Position:	2nd place
Website:	https://kielcehandball.pl/
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Colour2:	White
Colour3:	Blue
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KS Iskra Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Industria Kielce, is a professional men's handball club based in Kielce in southeastern Poland. The club plays in the Polish Superliga and is a regular competitor of the EHF Champions League. It is the most successful Polish handball club based on the number of the league titles (20).^[1] ^[2]

Since 1984, the club has been playing at the highest level league of Polish handball, winning its first title in 1993 (they finished the season with 44 points, 5 points more than one of their greatest contestants – Wisła Płock).

In 2019, it has become the most successful handball club in Poland, winning its 16th title and therefore beating the previous record holder, Śląsk Wrocław.^[3]

Throughout the years of its functioning, the club has managed to reach the final four of the Champions League five times, eventually winning the most prestigious handball competition in Europe in 2016.^[4]

Honours

Domestic

Polish Superliga

Winners (20): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17,, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Polish Cup

Winners (17): 1984–85, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16,, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21

International

EHF Champions League

Winners: 2015–16

Silver: 2021–22, 2022–23

Bronze: 2012–13, 2014–15

Final four: 2018–19

IHF Super Globe

Bronze: 2016, 2022

Season by season

Season	Tier	League	Pos.
1984–85	1	Superliga	4
1985–86	1	Superliga	5
1986–87	1	Superliga	9
1987–88	1	Superliga	7
1988–89	1	Superliga	8
1989–90	1	Superliga	4
1990–91	1	Superliga	4
1991–92	1	Superliga	12
1992–93	1	Superliga	1
1993–94	1	Superliga	1
1994–95	1	Superliga	2
1995–96	1	Superliga	1
1996–97	1	Superliga	3
1997–98	1	Superliga	1
1998–99	1	Superliga	1
1999–00	1	Superliga	4
2000–01	1	Superliga	3
2001–02	1	Superliga	5
2002–03	1	Superliga	1
2003–04	1	Superliga	2

Season	Tier	League	Pos.
2004–05	1	Superliga	3
2005–06	1	Superliga	4
2006–07	1	Superliga	3
2007–08	1	Superliga	3
2008–09	1	Superliga	1
2009–10	1	Superliga	1
2010–11	1	Superliga	2
2011–12	1	Superliga	1
2012–13	1	Superliga	1
2013–14	1	Superliga	1
2014–15	1	Superliga	1
2015–16	1	Superliga	1
2016–17	1	Superliga	1
2017–18	1	Superliga	1
2018–19	1	Superliga	1
2019–20	1	Superliga	1
2020–21	1	Superliga	1
2021–22	1	Superliga	1
2022–23	1	Superliga	1
2023–24	1	Superliga	2

European record

EHF Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2023–24	Group stage (Group A)		31–34	35–35	4th place
		Kolstad Håndball	31–23	32–30
		Paris Saint-Germain	30–29	26–35
		THW Kiel	36–36	31–35
		Pick Szeged	27–27	25–26
		RK Eurofarm Pelister	35–25	24–21
			28–24	22–22
	Playoffs	GOG Håndbold	33–28	33–25	66–53
	1/4		27–26	25–27	52–53
2022–23	Group stage (Group B)		40–33	33–30	2nd place
			31–32	28–32
			33–28	30–28
		THW Kiel	40–37	29–32
		RK Celje	36–28	33–30
		Pick Szeged	37–30	31–28
			37–33	27–26
	1/4	Veszprém	31–27	29–29	60–56
	1/2	Paris Saint-Germain	25–24
	Final	SC Magdeburg	29–30
2021–22	Group stage (Group B)		34–29	29–32	1st place
		Veszprém	32–29	33–35
		Motor	33–27	26–25
			37–29	33–25
		FC Porto	39–33	27–29
		Paris Saint-Germain	38–33	27–32
		Barça	29–27	32–30
	1/4	Montpellier Handball	30–22	31–28	61–50
	1/2	Veszprém	37–35
	Final	Barça	35–37
2015–16	Group stage (Group B)	Pick Szeged	27–26	30–31	2nd place
		Montpellier Handball	30–23	32–27
		Rhein-Neckar Löwen	28–27	32–32
		IFK Kristianstad	35–27	35–35
		Barça	30–30	33–31
		RK Vardar	23–20	24–34
		KIF Kolding	33–31	33–25
	1/8	Meshkov Brest	33–30	32–28	65–58
	1/4	Flensburg-Handewitt	29–28	28–28	57–56
	1/2	Paris Saint-Germain	28–26
	Final	Veszprém	39–38